Method of Treatment. The information secured from the 

 farmers was grouped in three distinct \va\ > : 



1. In view of the fact that over 70 per cent of the farming 

 in the state is of the general farming type, it was 

 thought advisable to group all of the data secured in 

 the first classification, namely on the basis of all farms 

 studied. It is believed that the facts brought out in 

 this classification closely fit conditions in the entire 

 state. It may be argued that poultry raising is quite 

 different from dairying, but the former, as a distinct 

 type of agriculture, is found on only half of one per 

 cent of the farms. 



2. The data secured was next grouped on the basis of the 

 ages of the farmers giving the information in order to 

 show a possible relationship between age and the kind 

 or variety of repair and construction work performed. 



3. The information was grouped according to the type of 

 farming pursued, in order to see if this has a material 

 influence on the kind or variety of repair and construc- 

 tion work undertaken by farmers. 



Classification. In presenting the data secured from the farm- 

 the following distinctions have been made: 



1. Construction work in a given material is taken to mean 

 "making" work. It also includes repair work when 

 performed on the objects originally constructed by 

 farmers as it is assumed, that with a possible few ex- 

 ceptions, more skill is required to make an object than 

 to repair it. 



2. Repair work includes only the repair work done on 

 objects not made by farmers. It will be kept in mind 

 that the actual amount of repair work done is greater 

 than shown in this classification as explained in the 

 preceding paragraph. 



3. Work done by expert mechanics is that work which 

 farmers leave to men who follow vocations such as 

 that of carpenter, concrete worker and blacksmith. 



Size of Farms. Information about the size of farms becomes 

 significant especially when considered in connection with the type 



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